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 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:06 pm
Nebilim delicately licked between her toes, cleaning up the last objectionable bit of ichor from her fur. True, cleaning oneself by means of licking wasn't as hygenic as a proper bath, but the sensory data acquired that way was excellent. And delicious.
Satisfied, she stretched languidly and padded away from the remains of the beast she'd killed. Hopefully it was the one that had caused all the rumblings. It was a pity she hadn't been able to contain it, but at least she could dissect the corpse and extract some data from it.
But with that threat to her future laboratory eliminated...
Nebilim laughed to herself quietly as she turned to walk up the tunnel that led to Jabril's own laboratory. Time to get a bit more data, with any luck... and a helping paw. "Jabril?" she called, waiting at the entrance. It wouldn't do to barge in there, not yet. That familiarity on her part could come later.
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:27 pm
 Finally, after weeks of preparation, Jabril was ready to harvest the mutated squirrel's perineal gland. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, savoring the moment. He knew that he wouldn't get to do this twice. Harvesting toxins from the nightmare that called itself Nemesis and exposing the local wildlife to them had been a painstaking process, and one which had nearly wiped out his reserves of test subjects. This two-tailed squirrel was the pinnacle of his achievements.
Jabril had to remember this. The feel of the scalpel between his paws and the tantalizing scent of fear in the air would be gone only too quickly.
Ah, Science! Such a cruel mistress! A man must labour for weeks on end to woo her, if he wanted to receive her favors for even a fraction of a second!
Jabrils green-gold eyes snapped open and he concentrated every bit of his mind on the path his incision was meant to follow. Slowly, surely, the squirrel's flesh parted, and then-
Nebilim's voice echoed through the halls.
Jabril's mind blanked out, he accidentally stabbed the squirrel in the eye, and for one delirious moment he felt like he might flail backwards and trip over his own hind-paws.
"Uh, er, jus' a wee moment!"
Oh shite! There was blood on his paws, and his coat was stained with a mysteriously pungent chemical. His hair was matted and stray locks jutted haphazardly out of his ponytail. He tried to check his reflection in his scalpel to no avail. It was covered with blood!!! He wasn't used to visitors!!!! What could he do???
Oh shite shite shite the squirrel was bleeding to death she'd see and he'd look like a bloody amateur he had to do something he had to-
Jabril quickly grabbed a vial off the wall and threw it against the wall opposite him. Fire blossomed, and the laboratory was rocked by a small explosion. Hah! He was a genius!!! There'd be no evidence now. And no one ever looked good after an explosion.
"Bit o' a complication, yeh?"
He dashed out of the room to greet Nebilim, smoke billowing up behind him.
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:39 pm
Nebilim calculatingly arched one eyebrow at Jabril as he emerged, accompanied by a waft of pungent smoke. "Goodness. Was that the expected result?" She smiled at him, deliberately disarming, and took in the sight - blood on his paws, fur and hair all mussed up, fine haze of stink.... ah, science.
Well. On to other matters. "If I've interrupted you, please - far be it from me to stand between a scientist and his experiment."
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:59 pm
She- wasn't unimpressed? His hair was frazzled and his coat was singed and he smelled like he'd spent two days wading in squirrel corpses.
Nebilim's smile completely derailed Jabril's train of thought, until the word 'experiment' set him back on track.
"Oh, nae! T'is all oe're now. Ye cannae make progress wi'out a wee bit o' pain. T'is a good week when I do'nae electrocute m'self."
Jabril grinned stupidly while fanning the smoke out of his face with his sooty tails. Then he realized what he'd just said, and tried to back-track.
"I mean- er. Did ye find a place? I ha' a bit o' a housewarming gift fer ye. If ye'd like."
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:08 pm
"Indeed - I believe I've eradicated the rat that was bothering me." Nebilim affected a bored look. "It was a bit of a fight, but there's a lovely large carcass just waiting for the scalpel..." She tilted her head at him. "A fair trade, then. Gift for gift?"
Her other question could wait until she was sure he was in a pliable mood. She wondered what he'd thought up for her. Really, she wasn't used to manipulating others quite like this, but the boy was just so pliable.
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:17 pm
"Oh, aye! Tha's very kind! Well. Er." Jabril cleared his throat. "One moment."
The tunnel was still filled with smoke, and he didn't want to drag Professor Nebilim back there to see his mess. It was a blessing that Godiva wasn't around.
"Ye c'n wait righ' there."
With that, Jabril trotted back into the dark miasma that was his home. The experimental subjects were thankfully unperturbed by the small fire burning out in the laboratory. They were used to these sorts of accidents, and got frightened when too much time passed without any explosions, screams, or shocks.
The scientist returned a couple of minutes later with soot-marks on his cheeks and a jar of iridescent green slime in his jaws. He dropped it at Nebilim's paws, then looked hopefully up at her, tails wagging back and forth as though he were a puppy who expected a pat on the head in exchange for doing tricks.
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:26 pm
"Hmmm..." Nebilim peered at the jar. "Intriguing. Is it safe to open, or is it a biological or radioactive agent that I ought not expose myself to without taking proper precautions... or at least setting up instruments to record the results first?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:31 pm
Jabril broke into a sharp, sly smile, baring the tips of his canines. It was not the sort of expression he usually wore around Nebilim, unless he was too distracted by his work to be nervous.
"Is'nae figurin' it out part o' th'fun? I mean, if yui're t'give me a corpse fer th'table..."
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:47 pm
"Indeed, indeed. Unfortunately, I am not yet highly evolved enough to scan radiation by sight - though that would be an excellent ability for later, hm." Nebilim made a mental note, then nodded. "Very well, come along. My laboratory is not ready yet, but now that the rat has been exterminated, it won't be long now..."
The jar was interesting, to be sure, but not quite as interesting as her current proposition.
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:59 pm
Jabril allowed the Professor to lead him wherever her black heart desired. He'd never venture that far down into the caverns on his own, but he didn't fear for his life in the company of a femme like Setsu, Godiva, or Nebilim.
"Did ye kill yuir rat wi' physics?"
Far be it for Jabril to stroll in comfortable silence when he could be asking questions.
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:34 pm
"With fonons, yes..." Nebilim smirked. True, she'd worn it down beforehand with nips, jabs and a few well-placed traps, but she'd ended it with Fragmented End. Truly a delightful exercise, if tiring.
The jar was proving quite useful as they walked into the dark caverns. "Exceptional bioluminescence," she remarked, inhaling to sniff out the so-called rat's location. "Ah, here we are. Down this tunnel..."
After a few moments, the green light from the jar illuminated a pile of damp fur that had once been a rather large and obnoxious monstrosity. It might have once been a bear as well, before becoming a monster.
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:41 pm
Jabril bounded out ahead of Nebilim to get a better look at the fallen mutant, sniffing at its wounds and rolling it over to get a good look at its belly.
"Ah- would ye look a' this!" He cackled gleefully. Oh, how he itched to slice this thing's stomach open. "'Ow d'ye think it s'stains itself, down 'ere wi'out any natural prey? It has t'sleep an' breed somewhere."
Jabril took a lick at some of the damp fur, incautious of poison. He wanted to see if he could taste the weapon that Nebilim had use, to sense if destruction still vibrated in its flesh. The Professor was so impressive. She wa sliving proof of what Science could truly accomplish.
"They ha' things like this in yuir world?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:13 pm
"Monsters do roam fairly frequently in the untamed areas of Auldrant, yes," Nebilim said, putting down the glowing jar and pacing contentedly around the fallen bear-thing. "I've seen rats and other such around here, but nothing else. Perhaps it ate curious kitsusagi," she added, with a laugh. "Pity I was able to defend myself."
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:02 am
"Pity? Oh, nae! Yuir brilliant."
Jabril pulled a vial of baking soda out of his coat. He wanted to test the this thing's blood for acidity before he exposed his bare fur to it. How would he look to Professor Nebilim if he ended up prematurely bald?
"Kitsune an' usagi, yeh? Tha's th' rabbit fer swiftness an' good senses, an' th'fox fer cleverness an' predatory instincts. Our kind cannae be beat! Tha's why m'sure we were made by a great scientist."
The baking soda did not raise a cloud of hissing smoke from the bear-thing's pooling blood, so it must be safe to touch. Jabril chuckled to himself while he fussed with the corpse.
"C'n ye imagine if we were- mm, I do'nae know, foxes an' pigs t'gether instead? T'would be 'ideous!"
The gaudy stripes on his ears, the cheerful splash of freckles around his maw, and the springy lock of green bouncing in front of his eyes should have made Jabril look ridiculous. But Jabril's carefree appearance only made the boyish glee over his new toy all the more creepy.
"Now then. Ye said somethin' about a proposal? M'a yuir service."
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:47 pm
"Hm." Nebilim very deliberately brushed past one of Jabril's tails, then turned and looked him straight in the eye. "Very well. I'll be direct - I believe we know each other well enough to not beat around the bush. I would like to combine my genetic material with your own, Jabril."
She fought to keep the smile on her face from turning into a smirk; she was so looking forward to his reaction. To see if her predictions on his behavior would be proven correct.
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